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Gentrification in Helsinki: Urban Planning at the Edge of the Welfare State book cover

1st Edition

Gentrification in Helsinki Urban Planning at the Edge of the Welfare State

By Kevin Drain Copyright 2024
184 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 19 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book unravels the paradox of gentrification in Helsinki, Finland. Here, housing and welfare policies work well under certain conditions to prevent the worst outcomes of residential gentrification. Yet other forms of gentrification have proliferated in recent years, and local urban planning has gained a momentum in efforts to remake the urban landscape for business and tourism. Through a... Read more

List of figures and tables

1.     Introduction

2.     Gentrification and the welfare state

3.     Four cases in Helsinki

4.     Classic gentrification and housing policy

5.     General gentrification and retail change

6.     Media, tourism, and gentrification

7.     Vibrancy and sustainability in Helsinki’s planning

8.     The remaking of Hakaniemi Market Hall

9.     Conclusion: The welfare state in global competition

Index

Biography

Kevin Drain is a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Geospatial and Population Studies at the University of New Mexico, USA. Most of his adult life has been split between Finland and the United States, where he has previously worked as a researcher in the land development and real estate industries.

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